Macau, 25th November: Macau’s events industry continues to try its best despite being caught in a difficult position with China sticking to its latest version of COVID Zero.  Last week, Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) reported its MICE statistics for the quarter ended 30th September 2022. Macau held a total of 70 MICE events in the quarter which is one event less than the same quarter in 2021. On the plus side, the total number of participants grew by 51% year-on-year in the quarter, with a total of 340,700 participants. 

Of the total 71 events, 57 were meetings and conferences, same as the number of the same quarter last year. Total number of participants at meetings and conferences dropped 3.5%, down to 6,100 participants.